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July 2, 2010

G80: Red Sox 3, Orioles 2

Daniel Nava's pinch-hit single, a flair into no-man's land down the right field line, scored Marco Scutaro with the go-ahead run. Scutaro had doubled off the left field wall -- in the corner, maybe six feet fair -- with two outs.

J.D. Drew hit two opposite-field solo home runs and Wakefield (8-7-2-1-4, 96) was dynamite. The game took a tidy 2:07.

The Blue Jays scored five times in the top of the 11th and beat the Yankees 6-1 this afternoon. The Red Sox are only 0.5 GB New York, the closest they have been to first place since April 6 (G2).

1912 - Larry Gardner of the Red Sox hits two inside-the-park home runs at New York's Hilltop Park, but Boston loses to the Highlanders 9-7.

1963: San Francisco's Juan Marichal and Milwaukee's Warren Spahn both pitch 15 scoreless innings before Willie Mays homers off Spahn in the bottom of the 16th, giving the Giants a 1-0 win.

1991 - After grounding out, Benito Santiago of the Padres throws his batting helmet in disgust. It bounces into the dugout and hits pitching coach Mike Roarke in the head before ricocheting over to hit coach Greg Riddoch (giving him a concussion). Santiago is fined $300.

2009: The Astros/Padres game in San Diego is delayed 52 minutes because of a swarm of 2,000 bees in left field.

I went to a game in '02 that was a really hot day, close to 100, and I had a bleacher seat. I wanted to wait until right before game time to head to my seat, so I was standing in the outfield concourse next to one of the ramps that goes out to the seats. There was a little hallway there with a door at the end, presumably leading to one of the concession stands or something. That was the only place I felt a little breeze, so I waited there for a while and people-watched. But my mind kept going back to that door and what was behind it. I kept thinking about the stories I had heard about rats at Fenway, but I tried to convince myself that they'd never come out in the daytime with all these people around, but all of a sudden I felt something soft brush against my ankles. I leaped up and thankfully was so scared I didn't scream out. I looked down and saw.... a hot dog wrapper. But that was traumatic enough for me!

Whew, painter just left for the evening. We have one bedroom done (that's where Jay & I are sleeping now). Our bedroom is completely bare and they are working in there. It is going to be nice when everything is done. We haven't done anything to the upstairs since we built the house 18 years ago. The carpet up there has survived (?) three dogs and two children (one from birth!).